Dauler tarnished the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by ordering the killing of trees to make a memorial for the champion of the Civil Rights Movement.

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From a letter to the editor Centre Daily Times, November 5, 2016

As every grammarian knows: The passive voice can hide valuable information. Had the CDT used the active voice, the headline would have read: “Catherine Dauler Should Have Preserved These Trees.”

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“The trees were cut down ‘to improve’ the site…”

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“Removing the trees violate [Dr. King’s] vision of nonviolence.”++++

Addison Court resident John Harris standing with his beloved trees. Town and Gown columnist Nadine Kofman, in the course of performing her reportorial duties, learned of a contract Catherine Dauler awarded to a landscape architect. Nadine told John Harris about the contract. When John learned the architect planned to cut down the trees, John wrote and called the architect who treated him rudely. When a John mentioned his concern to Dauler, she reportedly said, “You should have told me about this four months ago. This is already in the works. My staff would never forgive me if I put a hault to this now.”

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I took these photographs in October shortly before entering the hospital for surgery. There I “celebrated” my 69th birthday as I had celebrated my 68th birthday–as a hospital patient. Based on information I had regarded as reliable, I was under the impression there was still time left before Catherine Dauler destroyed these beautiful trees.

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